Porter Airlines has announced a pair of new routes for Eastern Canada this summer, including the only non-stop Ottawa-St. John’s flight on the market, and the introduction of Deer Lake as a new destination, with service to Halifax.

Daily roundtrip Ottawa and St. John’s flights start June 6 – the first time in five years that any Canadian carrier has served the route. A Porter hub, Ottawa offers passengers connecting flights from St. John’s to over a dozen destinations in Canada and the US, including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg, plus Orlando, Boston and New York.

The route will be served by the Embraer E195-E2 with 132 seats configured two-by-two and free WiFi. It will depart Ottawa at 2:10 p.m. and St. John’s at 6 a.m.

Meanwhile, Deer Lake is the newest pin on the Porter map, with daily roundtrip service connecting the Newfoundland summer destination with Halifax as of June 4 on board 78-seat De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft. Flights leave Halifax at 12:45 p.m. and return from Deer Lakes at 3:25 p.m.

“Newfoundland is already an important piece of Porter’s network, with existing service connecting St John’s with Toronto-Pearson and Halifax. These new routes mean that passengers have more options to enjoy many of Canada’s signature spots, while enjoying the journey as well as the destination,” said Porter Airline president Kevin Jackson.